Portable heater.



J. B. MURRAY.

PORTABLE HEATER.

APPLICATEON FILED JAN/21, 191s.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

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PORTABLE HEATER.

Application filed. January 27, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Portable Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to portable heaters, and consists in the construction hereinafter set forth, whereby the device is simplified and cheapened.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my portable heater.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is a strip of metal forming a support, having its end portions bent over in the same direction at right angles to the middle portion. The end portion B is flat and serves as a supporting base. The end portion C has a longitudinal g'I'OOVG to receive a curling iron, or other elongated object to be heated, shown at D in Fig. 1. To the middle portion of strip A. and extending therefrom in a direction opposite to that of said end portions is secured, preferably by welding, a spring clip E adapted to receive fuel can F of the usual type for holding solidified alcohol or the like, so that when the curling iron is in place in the groove of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 235, 1916.

Serial No. 74,564.

portion C, it will extend over the flame arising' from the ignited fuel in said can, and so become heated. its the device consists of but two strips of metal, the support A and the clip E, it is obviously very simply and cheaply made.

Iclaim:

l. A portable heater, con'iprising a metal strip having its end portions bent over in the same direction and at right angles to the middle portion, one of said portions having a longitudinal groove, and means on the side of said strip opposite to that from which said bent over portions project for detachably securing the middle portion of said strip to a fuel can.

2. A portable heater, comprising a metal strip having its end portions bent over in the same direction and at right angles to the middle portion, one of said portions having a longitudinal groove, and a spring clip adapted to receive a fuel can secured to said middle portion and extending therefrom in the direction opposite to that of said end portions.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH B. MURRAY. Witnesses GERTRUDE T. Pon'rnn,

MAY T. MOGARRY.

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